I have been working on getting healthy in the New Year and changing my eating habits. I know so many people start off the New Year filled with motivation and that quickly fades away and leaves them craving their favorite comfort foods and falling away from their resolutions. Don’t lose your motivation! Depriving yourself will lead to a big binge on your favorite unhealthy foods so instead of deprivation, use substitutions! Re-create favorite dishes with healthier ingredients and find new favorite recipes that are healthier than your old stand by recipes. Check out my Foodie collection for 20 Quick Healthy meals to satisfy your cravings.
No matter what your craving, you are sure to find a recipe to satisfy your taste buds here. It’s all about eating healthy and making it quick and easy so you are more likely to do it. I find that often times when people eat unhealthy, convenience foods it is because they need a quick meal and don’t have a lot of time for food prep. That leads to us reaching for freezer foods or ordering take out. Pass on the unhealthy options and pull out one of these recipes instead!
These Southwestern Spiced Chicken Tacos with Avocado Tomatillo Sauce are sure to satisfy your next Mexican craving without busting your diet.
This Spicy Chicken Taco Soup will warm you to the core on a cold day. Since it cooks in the slow cooker it will be ready to eat by dinner with very little prep time!
Need a quick, easy meal on the fly? Whip up this busy night marinara sauce and your kids will be happy too!
With this one pot pasta recipe you can toss it all in the pan at once and be done! Quick and easy with just one pot to wash! Use fresh ingredients from the garden for an added kick!
These shells with bacon, kale and sun dried tomatoes are quick to whip up and healthy too!
This spin on chili will satisfy your craving while keeping it healthy! Turkey Bean Chili that’s perfect for any chilly day.
You can substitute whole wheat pasta to make this Pork and Red Pepper Ragu even healthier but you’ll be hiding red peppers in the sauce so the kids will be happy with this kid friendly dish while you are sneaking veggies in their sauce!
These authentic Mexican Steak Tacos are my favorite and the best part is that you can prepare the meat ahead of time and freeze it so all you have to do on cooking day is take it out and cook it! Just prepare the marinade and freeze with the flank steak in a gallon freezer bag. It marinates while in the freezer and during thawing so your meat will be nice and tender.
This Southwest Chicken Salad is bursting with flavors but won’t leave you feeling bogged down after eating it.
You can’t tell me that none of these look amazing! Be sure to check out my Foodie collection for even more healthy, quick recipes! Pin these recipes for later so you can easily find them next time you need a quick, healthy meal!
What is your favorite healthy comfort food?
Mmmm these look delicious! Im going to save some of these to make!
There are so many great options here. I want those Southwestern Spiced Chicken Tacos with Avocado Tomatillo Sauce NOW!
Honestly, you had me at “quick”, but healthy is a bonus, too! Thanks!
I am loving this collection! I’m all about quick meals, and if they’re healthy, even better!
I love these recipes! The first one I’m going to make is the veggie crock pot lasagna. Yum!
My eyes immediately went to the Slow Cooker Honey Sesame Pulled Pork recipe. This looks like a dish y whole family would love.
These recipes look delicious! I can’t wait to try these!
I love quick meals! And slow cooker meals are just the bomb! I seriously want to try the pulled pork recipe!
That chicken taco, OMG. It reminds me of what we call enchiladas in El Salvador. SO amazing.
The Southwest Chicken Salad Recipe looks delicious! I will have to try out some of these!
I need to try that one pot pasta! That’s totally new to me!
All those pictures are making me hungry! Good thing these are easy to throw together meals 😉 I love the all in one pasta pot; I can just see how colorful and delicious looking that one would come out!
Quick and healthy is tough to balance, but as the kids get more involved in school stuff, quick gets to be more important. Lists like this come in handy.
The southwest chicken salad will be the first recipe i am going to try. There are so many great recipes to try.
Ooh, I could certainly use these! I need healthy alternative meals when I’m craving something, well, not so healthy. 🙂 Thank you!
Wow, not sure which meal I’d want to start with!? I am loving them all, and they are all quick…win/win!